Cover for tobacco jars



` May2s.1940. HERMAN, 2,202,796

COVER FOR TOBACCO JARS Filed July 30. 1938 INVENTOR. aU/,S HER/m NJ:

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Patented May 28, 1,940A

yUNITED STATESPATENT oFFlcE COVER FOR TOBACCO JARS Louis Hermani,Baltimore, Md.,

assignor to Owens-Illinois Can Company, a corporation of The presentinvention relates to covers for tobacco jars and more particularly to aloose cover for an hermetically sealed cylindrical metallic box, thecover being of the type having a radial sliding cutter designed when thecov'er is pressed upon the top of the box to puncture the top, and uponrotation of the loose cover to cut out the top o-f the box.

It is an object of the invention to provide a tobacco jar cover of thetype set forth above which is formed with a hollow enlargement thereonthat serves the two-fold purpose of providing a handle by means of whichthe cover may be rotated to actuate the cutter and also of providing ahumidiiying chamber adapted to contain a moistening agent for thecontents of the jar after the top thereof hasbeen removed and the jar isemployed as a humidor.

Another object of the invention is to provide such a tobacco jar coverhaving associated therewith a removable register of the rotary cut-offtype which is frictionally and removably received within the hollowenlargement and which serves to retain the moistening agent within thelatter.

Other objects of the invention, not at present enumerated, Will becomeapparent hereinafter.

In the accompanying drawing:

Fig. 1 is a vertical sectional View taken through a tobacco jar covermanufactured in accordance with the principles of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of the cover.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken substantially along the line 3 3 ofFig. 2.

Hg. 4 is a plan view oi a rotary cut-off disk forming one part of aregister employed in connection with the present invention.

Fig. 5 is a side elevational view of the cut-oli" device.

Fig. 6 is a side elevational view of the stationary part of theregister, and

Fig. 7 is a bottom plan view of the disclosure of Fig. 6.

The tobacco jar cover is shown in Fig. 1 apiplied to a tobacco jar I0,the latter being shown in dotted lines. The cover includes a circulartop II having a peripheral strengthening rib I2 formed thereon and adepending peripheral skirt I3 adapted to be telescoped over the neckportion of the jar I0. The top II is provided with a raised centralportion I4 the medial part of which is cut away to provide an inwardlyextending circular rim I5. A deep drawn hollow cup-shaped enlargement I6is formed with a dome-like top I'I and a depending skirt I8 the loweredge of which is flanged outwardly over d 38, Serial N0. 222,235

the rim I5.v The skirt wall is generally cylindrical but is flaredoutwardly near the top thereof as at I9 for a purpose to be set forthhereinafter.

'Ihe top II is Vprovided with a short radiallyv extending slot 25 nearthe periphery thereof in which there is slidably disposed a cutter 26having a depending blade 21 designed to puncture the top of the jar I0when the cover is pressed downwardly thereon. The enlargement it servesas a handle by means of which the cover may be turned upon the jar tocause the cutter blade 21 to circumscribe the top of the jar and severthe same from the neck portion thereof.

A register of the rotary cut-off type and including a stationary partSil (Figs. 3, 6 and 7) and a rotary disk 3l (Figs. 3, 4 and 5) which isriveted thereto is telescopically disposed in the hollow enlargement I6and is frictionally held therein by means of axially extending resilientfingers 32 formed on the stationary part 3B. The fingers 32 are flaredslightly outwardly as at 33 adjacent their outer ends and these flaredportions 33 are received in the annular void created by the flaredportion I9 of the enlargement I 6. Thus it will be seen that theregister is frictionally held in position in the enlargement against 25dislodgment.

The disk 3I is provided with a raised iinger knob 313 whereby the diskmay conveniently be turned relative to the stationary part Sli to bringa series of ports 35 formed inthe former into register with a similarseries of ports 36 formed in the latter and thereby obtain a greater orless degree of circulation of moisture down and into the jar Ill. Suchregulation, of course, is

accomplished by removal of the cover from the 35' Jar.

The enlargement I6 provides a chamber which is adapted to contain amoistening device such as a sponge 3l or other absorbent material whichmay conveniently be installed therein by removal of the register andinsertion of the material in the register between the lingers 32 afterwhich the register may be replaced in the enlargement I6.

Modifications may be resorted to within the 45 spirit and scope of theappended claims.

I claim:

1. A loose cover for containers comprising a circular top provided witha central raised por- 50 tion, the medial part of said raised portionbeing cut away to provide a central opening surrounded by a marginalinwardly extending rim, a hub-like enlargement including a dome-like top-and a epending side wall, the lower edge of the side 55 wall beinganged over said inwardly extending rim, said side wall beingsubstantially cylindrical and having its upper region ared outwardly toprovide an internal annular channel in the enlargement, and a registerfor the lower end of the enlargement including a substantially circu lardisk having a series of axially extending divergent fingers formedthereon, said fingers having their medial portion disposed in frictionalengagement with the medial portion of the side wall of the enlargementand having their extremities extending outwardly into said annularchannel, and a rotary cut-01T disk secured to said circular disk.

2. A loose cover for containers comprising a circular top provided witha central raised porcut away to provide a central opening surrounded bya marginal inwardly extending rim, a hublike enlargement including adome-like top and a depending side wall, the lower edge of the side wallbeing fianged over said inwardly extending rim, said side wall beingsubstantially cylindrical and having its upper region flared outwardlyto provide an internal annular channel in the enlargement, and aregister for the lower end of the enlargement including a substantiallyoircular disk having a series of axially extending divergent fingersformed thereon, said lingers having their medial portion disposed infrictional engagement with the medial portion of the side Wall of theenlargement and having their extremities extending outwardly into saidannular channel, and a cut-orf disk secured to said circular disk.

LOUIS HERMANI.

